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Tony George Wants To Buy The IndyCar Series

(Tony George at the IMS pogoda)

The cat is out of the bag.  Robin Miller, who writes for the Indianapolis Star and is a contributor on Dave Depain’s TV program Wind Tunnel, has reported that Tony George has submitted a bid to purchase the Indy Racing League/IndyCar Series.  The IndyCar Series is . . . → Read More: Tony George Wants To Buy The IndyCar Series

Danica Mania Round Two

(file photo courtesy nascar)

Here we go again, race fans.  This weekend at Louden, N.H. begins Danica-mania round two.  After four months at her “day job”, the IndyCar series, Danica Patrick returns to her apprenticeship in the Nationwide series.

The open-wheel “glam queen” of the IZOD IndyCar series precipitated a media frenzy . . . → Read More: Danica Mania Round Two

Danica Bows Out Of NASCAR At Iowa

(photo courtesy IndyCar series)

A very interesting news tid-bit gleaned from both my cyberspace buddy over at brusimm.com and the gazzetteonline, Danica Patrick has decided to not race in the US Cellular 250 on July 31 at the Iowa Speedway.

However, she will be entering into the Nationwide race, The New England . . . → Read More: Danica Bows Out Of NASCAR At Iowa

Kanaan Wins The Iowa Corn 250

(photo courtesy IZOD/IndyCar Series)

After crashing out of the two previous races at Iowa, Tony Kanaan’s luck changed dramatically Sunday, and he brought home the victory for Andretti Auotsport in the Iowa Corn 250 .  It was his first victory of the 2010 IZOD/IndyCar Series season, and for the 2004 IZOD/IndyCar champion, . . . → Read More: Kanaan Wins The Iowa Corn 250

Andretti Autosport Making A Run

(photo courtesy marcoandretti.com)

The 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series was supposed to be all about “the big two” for wins and championships.  “The big two” are the teams of Penske Racing and Team Target Chip Ganassi. It did start out as just that.  Penske drivers won the first three races and Penske and/or . . . → Read More: Andretti Autosport Making A Run

Changes Coming To The IRL

(photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar League)

By the end of this month, June, the officials of the officials of the IndyCar League will decided on the way that their race cars will look and sound for 2012 and far beyond.

The group led by Randy Bernard, IRL CEO, and the nine member ICONIC . . . → Read More: Changes Coming To The IRL

Briscoe Earns His Spurs

(photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar Series)

On a hot summer Dallas/Ft. Worth Saturday night Ryan Briscoe and Danica Patrick acted like paramedics and breathed life back into their 2010 season.  Briscoe had a bad qualifying session at Indianapolis and pounded the turn 4 wall  at Indy less that a week ago.  However, he . . . → Read More: Briscoe Earns His Spurs

2010 Indy Recap: Franchitti $2.75 Million

(photo courtesy IZOD/IndyCar Series)

Dario Franchitti, the 2010 Indianapolis 500 winner, Mr. Ashley Judd, and the driver of the Target-Chip Ganassi #10 Dallara Honda, scored a very nice pay day Sunday to the tune of $2,750,000 dollars!  Not a bad payday for two weeks of fast work!

Mike Conway, on the other . . . → Read More: 2010 Indy Recap: Franchitti $2.75 Million

Mike Conway Survives Horrible Crash

(photo courtesy Bub Ruddick/ Indianapolis Star)

Mike Conway should consider himself a very, very luck man this morning!  After what he endured at the culmination of the 2010 Indianapolis 500 Sunday, he really should realize that he is lucky to be alive, albeit with a couple of major injuries.

The crash that . . . → Read More: Mike Conway Survives Horrible Crash

Franchitti Wins 2010 Indy 500

(photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar series)

Sunday was the 45th anniversary of the first Scotsman, Jim Clark, to win at the Indianapolis 500.  That jovial Scotsman just happened to be Dario Franchitti’s boyhood hero.  So it was at The Brickyard on May 30, 2010, the second coming of Scotland to this hallowed grounds.

. . . → Read More: Franchitti Wins 2010 Indy 500